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Chapter 5: Do You Want to Die?

I was in that dream again.

Grass wet with dew brushed against my bare legs as I glided quickly through the meadow, barely feeling the ground beneath my feet. My eyes were scanning for another glimpse of the majestic creature I’d just gained sight of a moment ago before it bound between two large pine trees.

I knew if I followed the gorgeous white pony further into the woods, I would run into him again.

“Don’t touch me!” He raised his voice, but he didn’t sit up, and his arms lay limp at his side. He wore a mask over his face. Only his onyx black eyes were visible to me.

“Do you want to die?” I retorted as I inspected his body for wounds.

“…I don’t care,” he replied quietly.

My hands paused. For some reason, his words broke my heart a little, even though he’d almost killed me just now.

I lifted my gaze to meet his. His eyes were so deep, so dark, like infinite wells, and I feared that if I spent too much time looking into them, I might not be able to extricate myself from their depths.

“Well, I do, okay?” I said. “My father would yell at me if he finds out I left someone bleeding to death in the wild! Relax. l’

m just going to bandage up these wounds.”

He grunted a bit when I lifted him off of the ground, but he didn’t fight back anymore.

Silence filled the air, and I felt I had to say something, so I started with the basic question. “What’s your name?”

He looked at me with those dark eyes and answered, “I don’t have one.”

“Really? That’s strange, because I don’t have one either.”

He cocked his head to the side and gave me a look that was a cross between confused and annoyed.

“It’s true. People just call me girl.”

“Girl?” he repeated.

“That’s right. Girl,” I gave him a big smile. My father had told me that smiles were one of the most effective ways to make friends.

But instead of returning a smile back to me, he almost seemed a bit uncomfortable and moved his gaze away from mine. “And what are you doing out here in the woods all alone?” he asked.

“Um…“ | tapped on my chin. “Have you heard of the Sun Blossom flower?”

His eyes widened slightly, and I could see that he had heard of it.

I continued, “You know, the flower that grows on the side of the mountains. I’ve heard they’re beautiful, and smell won

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derful. That’s why I came. My friend was leading me there…”

“Your friend?” he glanced around immediately, his tone

wary.

“Yes, my new friend. A little white pony…”

He let out a breath of relief, and then said matter-of-fact ly. “Those flowers, they’re not easy to get.”

“My mother also said it was a fool’s errand.” | rested my hands in my lap. “But I love flowers. Don’t you?”

He shrugged and looked down at the ground.

suddenly extinguished. His whole body was

silent, and

still here?” | couldn’t stop the trembling

“Is something the matter?”

shock,

happened?”

hand at me. In it was a beautiful Sun Blos som flower in full bloom, its delicate purple petals speckled with gold

he said, handing the flower

I stared at the

and the darkness seemed to seep in all around me again until it was nearly pitch

I shouted, wishing I knew

tried to reach out to grab him, and that

sinking into the fabric of my pants,

was coming from

I shouted. “Are you all right?

me. I could see the whites of the eyes behind his mask, but in that stare,

the blood

was dead and that the darkness was about to

pounding out of my chest as my eyes flew open

my face, I sat up in bed and looked

Right. The palace.

office. It was no wonder i’d had

that it was still quite early. It was unlikely that anyone else would be

back to sleep. Not

and decided to head to the gar den

air was crisp so I inhaled deeply,

being here would be easy. I wished that my father were here so he could give me advice about how to proceed. Luckily, his lessons had

traces of white, and they smelled divine. I paused to breathe them

I just knew it. Peace fulness settled around me, and I found a

my attention and they quickly ushered my

crashing

what I thought were growls, followed

I immediately recognized one of them. He

Really, how hated was he that this

would be best to get back inside. But as I began

Shoot!

tried to hide myself, praying neither of them noticed me,

be interrupted by me and ended shortly. Just then, I heard a familiar

one last at tempt at self-preservation, I grabbed some dirt and smeared it on my face,

me. That way, he wouldn’t recognize me as the sole

expression was hard. His dark eyes

white shirt was open about halfway. My eyes immediately went to his chest, but then I dropped my

me a bit of

time. Are you okay?” The footsteps finished in quick succession as Jake, the Beta, stopped next

replying to his Be ta,

by, Your Highness,” I

really?” Obviously, he didn’t buy it. “You may look a mess,

come up with an excuse he might like for being outside. “Yes, that’s true. I was… on my way to the kitchen…

His voice was a low rumble, and with every syllable, a new tremor of fear passed over me. “Let me make this

tried to remind him,

that she caused him to get away?” | as sumed he

at me and dared not to say

took a step closer to me, and I cowered, but my feet remained planted for worry of what would hap pen

next time you interrupt me, I will end you. Do you hear me?” His words were as cold as ice and chilled me to the